Hat having foldable brim formed thereon

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to a hat having a foldable brim formed thereon, and, more specifically, relates to a hat having a foldable brim formed thereon, wherein the hat is formed such that the brim can be folded upwards, a comfortable feel during wear is maintained as there is little feeling of compression tightening around the head of the wearer even when the brim is folded upwards, and hat productivity is improved by ensuring that sewing is convenient.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a hat having a foldable brim formed thereon, and more particularly, to a hat having a foldable brim formed thereon, in which the hat is formed such that the brim may be folded upwards, a comfortable feel during wear is maintained as there is little feeling of compression tightening around the head of the wearer even when the brim is folded upwards, and hat productivity is improved by ensuring that sewing is convenient.

BACKGROUND ART

Hats are made to be worn on the head for blocking ultraviolet light or keeping warmth, and there are provided with various kinds of hats, for example, hats with brims formed in four directions or a forward direction with respect to a crown that covers the head, or without brims.

Recently, hats have been variously utilized. For example, the caps are not worn for only their functionality but worn as a means for creating one's own style.

Caps having a brim formed thereon according to the related art have problems. For example, the caps are easily taken off by a force pushing upward from a lower side of the brim when wind is blown, or heat generated from the face is concentrated under the brim to warm a forehead portion.

To solve the above-described problems, technologies have been developed for forming air vents in the brim of the cap or forming double brims so as to block the air vents.

Such a technology, which relates to the caps having double brims formed thereon according to the related art, is disclosed in Korean Utility Model Registration Gazette Nos. 234240 and 0457025.

Recently, in order to fashionably wear a hat having a brim, the hat is worn by folding the brim upward, or the hat is worn to show a letter and a logo in a forward direction when the brim is forced to be folded upward after the letter or the logo is engraved on the bottom portion of the brim.

The present inventor has developed a functional cap in which a brim can be easily folded upward. This functional cap was applied to Korean intellectual property office on Nov. 29, 2011, and then disclosed and registered in Korean Patent Registration No. 1334931.

The functional cap according to the related art includes a brim in which a bending plate having at least two cutoff parts is provided in the brim. A core member is formed on the rear lower end of the bending plate, and an outer surface of the core member is wrapped with fabrics, in which the core member is thickly formed by foaming a synthetic resin material, and the core member has a thickness greater at least two times than that of the bending plate.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Technical Problem

However, the functional cap according to the related art has following problems.

(1) Since a portion of the cutoff part is sewed when a bending plate included inside a brim of the functional cap is wrapped with an outer cover and sewed, portions (both side surfaces) without having the cutoff part are broken, so the portions are completely cut due to continuous uses, resulting in a phenomenon in which a portion in front of the cutoff part droops downward.

(2) Since the forehead of a wearer is entirely compressed by the elasticity keeping a shape of the bending plate as it is when the brim of the functional cap is folded upward, marks remains on the forehead, and the cap is not worn for a long time due to the compression.

(3) Since the bending plate has a thick thickness, the portion of the cutoff part is easily broken, so noise is generated, or the brim is not properly folded upward.

(4) Since both ends of the bending plate compress regions of the temples of the face, headaches occur, so the wearing is uncomfortable.

(5) Since there is any guide for seaming the cap when the cap is produced, productivity is deteriorated.

Technical Solution

In order to solve the above-described problems, a hat having a general folding-type brim according to the present invention, in which an upwardly foldable brim is formed in front of a crown,

wherein the brim includes a bending plate having one cutoff part that is cut across the bending plate, and an outer cover that warps a surface of the bending plate and is sewed and connected to the crown, and

the bending plate is formed to be convex forward when viewed in plane, and includes inclined parts corresponding to each other and having decreasing thicknesses while being inclined in a forward and a backward direction with respect to the cutoff part, and a core member formed integrally and having an increasing thickness so as to be spaced apart from the cutoff part.

In addition, according to another constitution of the present invention, the bending plate is formed to be convex upward when viewed from the front, and includes bending inclined parts corresponding each other and having decreasing thicknesses while being inclined in a forward and a backward direction with respect to the bending line, a core portion formed in rear of the bending line and having a thick thickness, and an rear inclined part formed on the rear end of the bending plate and having a decreasing thickness.

Also, a bending plate according to still another constitution of the present invention may be made of a synthetic resin material, mass-produced by being injected at once in a mold, and connected to the crown after the bending plate is wrapped with the outer cover and sewed.

When the bending plate of the present invention is wrapped with the outer cover and sewed, the sewing is carried out along a circumferential portion of the core member or the core portion.

Advantageous Effects

According to the hat having the foldable brim formed thereon of the present invention, following effects may be achieved.

(1) Since the sewing is not performed directly on the cutoff part when sewed in the state in which the bending plate is wrapped with the outer cover, both the ends of the cutoff part of the bending plate may not be cut, so the brim may not droop downward even in the state in which the front portion of the cutoff part is not folded upward.

(2) since the inclined parts formed near the cutoff part of the bending plate gradually decreases in thickness, the compression applied to both sides at the center of the forehead is reduced even when the brim is folded upward, so the marks may not remain on the forehead, and the hat may be comfortably wore because the rear inclined part formed in the rear of the core portion alleviates the pressure compressing the forehead.

(3) Since the inclined parts near the cutoff part of the bending plate prevent friction from being generated therebetween, the breakage may not occur, and the noise may not be generated even when the brim is folded upward.

(4) Although both side surfaces in which the crown is contact with the bending plate press the temples of the wearer when the brim formed to be convex upward is bent upward, the side surface inclined part may be formed in this contacted portion to reduce the pressure compressing the temples, resulting in more comfortable wearing.

(5) The seaming may be easily carried out along the stepped portion at the guide line or the circumferential portion of the core portion to improve the productivity.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hat having a foldable brim formed thereon according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a bending plate of a hat having a foldable brim formed thereon according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a view illustrating a state in which a bending plate of a hat having a foldable brim formed thereon according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is turned over.

FIG. 4 is a view illustrating a state in use of a hat having a foldable brim formed thereon according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a hat having a foldable brim formed thereon according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a bending plate of a hat having a foldable brim formed thereon according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a view illustrating a state in which a bending plate of a hat having a foldable brim formed thereon according to another embodiment of the present invention is turned over.

FIG. 8 is a view illustrating a state in use of a hat having a foldable brim formed thereon according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of a hat having a foldable brim formed thereon according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, taken along line A-A.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of a hat having a foldable brim formed thereon according to another embodiment of the present invention, taken along line B-B.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

A hat 1 having a general folding-type brim according to the present invention, in which an upwardly foldable brim 20 is formed in front of a crown 10,

wherein the brim 20 includes a bending plate 100 having one cutoff part 110 that is cut across the bending plate 100, and an outer cover that wraps a surface of the bending plate 100 and is sewed and connected to the crown 10, and

the bending plate 100 is formed to be convex forward when viewed in plane, and includes inclined parts corresponding to each other and having decreasing thicknesses while being inclined in a forward and a backward direction with respect to the cutoff part 110 and a core member 120 that has a thick thickness so as to be spaced apart from the cutoff part 110.

The crown 10 is formed to be convex upward so as to wrap a head portion at the forehead of a wearer, and includes a length adjusting part formed in the rear of the crown 10, capable of adjusting a length.

The brim 20 is a planar brim formed to be flat. A rear portion of the brim 20 is concavely cut in a forward direction so as to be contacted and sewed with a curved surface of the front portion of the crown 10, and a front portion of the brim 20 convexly protrudes in a forward direction, when viewed in plane.

The brim 20 includes the bending plate 100 formed therein. A surface of the bending plate 100 is wrapped with the outer cover, and then the outer cover is sewed, with the rear portion of the bending plate 100, to the front portion of the crown 10.

The bending plate 100 is formed by injecting a synthetic resin material, and the cutoff part 110 is formed across the bending plate 100, in which the cutoff part 110 is completely cut by about 0.5 to 2 mm, and both side surface of the brim 20 are not completely cut and thus connected to each other.

At least one connecting part 115, which is to be connected, is formed in the cutoff part 110.

The cutoff part 110 of the bending plate 100 is formed so that inclined parts 111 and 112 correspond to each other and have decreasing thicknesses while being inclined, to the top and bottom surface or the bottom surface, in a forward and a backward direction with respect to the cutoff part 110.

The inclined parts 111 and 112 are formed such that the inclined portions have lengths different from each other.

The inclined parts 111 and 112 of the cutoff part 110 are portions in which the front portion contacts the rear portion when the brim is folded upward. That is, the inclined parts 111 and 112 are portions for preventing a restoring force, through which the brim returns to its original state in these portions, from being generated.

Only one part, for example, the inclined part 111 in the front of the inclined parts 111 and 112 may be formed.

The core member 120 having a predetermined thickness is formed on a rear lower end of the bending plate 100 that is a rear lower end spaced apart from the cutoff part 110. The core member 120 is a plate having a thickness equal to or slightly greater than that of the bending plate 100, and is bonded to the rear lower end of the bending plate 100 or integrally formed through injection molding.

In this case, the core member 120 has an area smaller than that of a circumferential portion of the bending plate 100. The core member 120 may serve as a guide in the circumferential portion of the bending plate 110 when wrapped with the outer cover and sewed, so the sewing is easily performed along a guide line 118 to improving productivity.

The outer cover is sewed by wrapping the bending plate 100, and the rear portion of the brim 20 is connected and sewed to the front portion of the crown 10.

In an upper and a lower end of the brim 20, a sewing line 130 is formed across the brim 20. The sewing line 130 is a seam line sewed along the guide line 118 formed along the circumferential portion of the core member 120.

Also, according to another embodiment, a bending plate 300 is formed to be convex upward when viewed from the front, and a cutoff part 110 is formed to be spaced apart from a rear end in a forward direction,

wherein a bending line 310 is formed in the bending plate 300, and bending inclined parts 311 and 312 are formed to correspond to each other and have decreasing thicknesses while being inclined with respect to the bending line. Also, a core portion 320 having a thick thickness is formed in rear of the bending line 310, and a rear inclined part 315 having a decreasing thickness is formed on the rear end of the core portion 320.

The bending plate 300 is formed to be convex upward when viewed from the front, and the rear portion of the bending plate 300 is formed to be concavely recessed forward when viewed in plane so that the rear portion of the bending plate 300 is connected to the front portion of the crown 10. Also, the front portion of the bending plate 300 is formed to convexly protrude forward.

The bending inclined parts 311 and 312, witch have thicknesses decreasing in a forward and a backward direction with respect to the bending line 310, are formed in the top and bottom surfaces or the bottom surface of the bending plate 300 to correspond to each other. Alternatively, only the front bending inclined part 311 of the bending inclined parts 311 and 312 may be formed.

The bending line 310 is not completely cut, but has a thin thickness and extends to both ends.

The core portion 320 is formed on the bottom surface of the bending plate 300 so as to be spaced apart from the rear portion of the bending line 310. The core portion 320 is integrally injected with the bending plate 300.

The core portion 320 is formed to entirely protrude in a downward direction of the bending plate 300. The front portion of the core portion 320 is formed to be spaced apart from the bending line 310, and the rear portion is formed to be spaced apart from the rear end of the bending plate 300. The core portion 320 has both sides spaced apart from both sides of the bending plate 300.

The core portion 320, which is formed to the rear lower end of the bending plate 300, is formed to become wider from the center to both sides when viewed in plane, and the widen portion is formed to become thinner toward both ends.

The rear inclined part 315 is formed on the rear end of the bending plate 300, and the rear inclined part 315 prevents marks from being generated on the forehead of the wearer.

The bending plate 300 is wrapped by an outer cover, and a bending sewing line 330 is formed along a circumferential portion of the core portion 320.

Each of the bending plates 100 and 300 is made of a synthetic resin material, and mass-produced by integrally injecting the core member 210 or core portion 320 in a mold. The bending plates 100 and 300 are wrapped by the outer cover and then connected and sewed to the crown 10.

Hereinafter, an operation, a wearing method, and an effect of the hat having the foldable brim formed thereon according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below.

The bending plates 100 and 300 are manufactured to produce the hat having the foldable brim formed thereon of the present invention. Each of the bending plates 100 and 300 is produced by manufacturing a mold and injecting a synthetic resin material.

In order to produce a bending plate according to the related art, a synthetic resin material having a plate shape is cut and used as it is. In this case, however, a core member should be attached again, and a separate operation should be required to make a shape to be convex upward. Therefore, the related art has a problem in that working efficiency is deteriorated, and productivity is reduced due to poor workability.

When the bending plates 100 and 300 of the present invention are produced, the bending plate 100 used in a planar brim may be produced by using the method of the related art. However, it is much more productive to produce the bending plate 300, which is used in the brim 20 having a shape to be convex upward, by the injection molding method.

The bending plate 100 used in the planar brim is formed by completely cutting a portion of the cutoff part 110, and the inclined parts 111 and 112 are formed in a manner in which the bending plate has a thickness that gradually decreases while being inclined.

When the front portion of the bending plate 100 is folded upward through the inclined parts 111 and 112 with respect to the cutoff part 110, the front portion is folded upward very softly because the contacted portions can be met without breaking.

The rear inclined part 315 of the core portion 320 allows a portion contacting the forehead to touch a curved surface of the forehead with a wide area. Therefore, good wearability may be obtained, and the compression may be minimized when folded upward.

The bending plate 300 having such shapes is formed by the injection in the mold at one time.

After a portion of the crown 10 is formed, the bending plates 100 and 300 are separately wrapped with an outer cover 200. When the sewing is performed in a state in which the bending plates 100 and 300 are wrapped with the outer cover 200, the sewing is performed along the circumferential portion.

In this case, the sewing lines 130 and 330 are formed along the circumferential portion of the guide line 118 or the core portion 320.

When sewed as described above, since the guide line 118 or the core portion 320 is formed together with a stepped portion, the sewing may be easily performed without a slip of a needle.

The sewing lines 130 and 330 are sewed so as to be formed in rear of the cutoff part 110 and just in front of a region in which the core member 120 or the core portion 320 starts.

FIGS. 4 and 8 are views illustrating states in use of the hats having the foldable brim formed thereon according to the preferred embodiment and another embodiment of the present invention, and each of FIGS. 4 and 8 illustrates a state in which the brim 20 is unfolded forward and then folded upward.

In this case, since the brim 20 is folded upward very flexibly at a portion of the cutoff part 110 or the bending line 310 and is not broken even after frequent uses, the hat can be used for a long time.

According to the hat having the foldable brim formed thereon of the present invention, there are several effects as follow. Since the sewing is not performed directly on the cutoff part when sewed in a state in which the bending plate is wrapped with the outer cover, both ends of the cutoff part of the bending plate are not cut, so the brim does not droop downward even in a state in which the front portion of the cutoff part is not folded upward. Also, since thicknesses are gradually reduced at the inclined parts formed near the cutoff part of the bending plate, the compression applied to both sides at the center of the forehead is reduced even when the brim is folded upward, so the marks do not remain on the forehead, and the hat may be comfortably wore because the rear inclined part formed in the rear of the core portion alleviates pressure compressing the forehead. In addition, since the inclined parts near the cutoff part of the bending plate prevents friction from generating therebetween, the breakage does not occur, and the noise is not generated even when the brim is folded upward. Also, although both side surfaces in which the crown is contact with the bending plate press the temples of the wearer when the brim formed to be convex upward is bent upward, the side surface inclined part is formed in this contacted portion to reduce the pressure compressing the temples, resulting in more comfortable wearing. Also, the seaming is easily carried out along the stepped portion at the guide line or the circumferential portion of the core portion to increase productivity.

While the present invention has been particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings according to preferred embodiments, it will be apparent to a person skilled in the art that various modifications can be made from the disclosure herein without departing from the scope of the present invention encompassed by the following claims. 

1. A hat having a general folding-type brim, in which an upwardly foldable brim is formed in front of a crown, wherein the brim comprises a bending plate having one cutoff part that is cut across the bending plate, and an outer cover that wraps a surface of the bending plate and is sewed and connected to the crown, and the bending plate is formed to be convex forward when viewed in plane, and comprises inclined parts corresponding to each other and having decreasing thicknesses while being inclined in a forward and a backward direction with respect to the cutoff part and a core member that has a thick thickness so as to be spaced apart from the cutoff part.
 2. A hat having a general folding-type brim, in which an upwardly foldable brim is formed in front of a crown, wherein the brim comprises a bending plate having at least one bending line, and an outer cover that wraps a surface of the bending plate and is sewed and connected to the crown, and the bending plate is formed to be convex upward when viewed from the front, and comprises bending inclined parts corresponding to each other and having decreasing thicknesses while being inclined in a forward and a backward direction with respect to the bending line, a core portion formed in rear of the bending line and having a thick thickness, and an rear inclined part formed in the rear end of the core portion and having a decreasing thickness.
 3. The hat of claim 1, wherein the bending plate is sewed along a circumferential portion along the core member or the core portion when the outer cover is sewed.
 4. The hat of claim 1, wherein a plurality of connecting lines are formed in the cutoff part of the bending plate so as to be connected to each other.
 5. The hat of claim 1, wherein the bending plate is produced by an injection molding method using a synthetic resin material.
 6. The hat of claim 2, wherein the bending plate is sewed along a circumferential portion along the core member or the core portion when the outer cover is sewed.
 7. The hat of claim 2, wherein the bending plate is produced by an injection molding method using a synthetic resin material. 